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Back in Miami Beach, the show's crew has taken up semipermanent residence in the Alexander Hotel, where the walls are painted peach, the carpet has a magenta stripe, and even the lines in the parking garage have been repainted pink. Some civic leaders were originally unhappy at the prospect...
So it is time for a change. But does that mean fashion is harking back to the '60s? Probably not. For one thing, it is no longer possible for anyone to dictate to women the way designers and the glamour press did 20 years ago. Consciousness has soared higher...
Ferre, 48, who will be entering his sixth term, has been criticized for pushing downtown construction at the expense of poor neighborhoods. But he also has won praise for expanding black assistance programs and work contracts after violent disturbances in 1980 and last year.
Ferre supporters made no bones about trying to exploit black distrust of Cubans. Black Radio Announcer Les Brown urged his WEDR listeners to form "a bolt of black thunder" at the polls. He had a taunt for any Cubans who tuned in: "You stole our jobs and you're...
Black turnout was high (60%) and overwhelmingly (96%) for Ferre. But helpful to the incumbent's victory was winning 27% of the Hispanic vote, almost all of which is Cuban. The independence shown by those voters was encouraging. It suggested that a truce was at least possible in Miami...